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musical scale

DEFINITIONS OF: musical scale

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n (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)

Synonyms:
scale
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gamut
the entire scale of musical notes
diatonic scale
a scale with eight notes in an octave; all but two are separated by whole tones
chromatic scale
a 12-note scale including all the semitones of the octave
gapped scale
a musical scale with fewer than seven notes
pentatone, pentatonic scale
a gapped scale with five notes; usually the fourth and seventh notes of the diatonic scale are omitted
mode, musical mode
any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
Type of:
musical notation
(music) notation used by musicians
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